Churchills Band of Brothers, Damien Lewis
Churchills Band of Brothers, Damien Lewis
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Churchill's Band of Brothers
WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals

Author: Damien Lewis

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 11 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/27/2021


Synopsis

On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. Their objective: hit German forces deep behind the lines, cutting the rail-tracks linking Central France to the northern coastline. In a country crawling with enemy troops, their mission was to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the Allied troops back into the sea. It was a Herculean task, but no risk was deemed too great to stop the Nazi assault. In daring to win it all, the SAS patrol was ultimately betrayed, captured, and tortured by the Gestapo before facing execution in a dark French woodland on Hitler's personal orders. Miraculously, two of the condemned men managed to escape, triggering one of the most secretive Nazi-hunting operations ever, as the SAS vowed to track down every one of the war criminals who had murdered their brothers in arms . . .

With Nazi Germany's lightning seizure of much of Western Europe, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had called for the formation of specially trained troops of the "hunter class." Churchill's warriors were to shatter all known rules of warfare, taking the fight to the enemy with no holds barred. In doing so, the Special Air Service would be tested as never before during the pivotal D-Day landings, and the quest for vengeance that followed.

About Damien Lewis

Damien Lewis is an award-winning historian, war reporter, and bestselling author. He spent over two decades reporting from war, disaster, and conflict zones around the world, winning numerous awards. He has written more than twenty books, including The Ministry for Ungentlemanly Warfare, Agent Josephine, Churchill's Band of Brothers, SAS Ghost Patrol, and The Nazi Hunters. His work has been published in over forty languages, and many of his books have been made, or are being developed as feature films, TV series, or as plays for the stage. Lewis is a Fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dee on June 16, 2022

Chirp 11 hours 54 min. Narrated by Derek Perkins (A) This is the fascinating story of 12 brave members of the British SAS who parachuted into France shortly after D Day only to find themselves surrounded by Nazi SS and five lost their lives that very night. The Epilogue brought home that these young......more

Goodreads review by Rupert on February 13, 2021

Good story but rather plainly written. It's all set down nicely enough but there's a lack of depth and strategic insight. It reads like an article in a local paper where one of the priorities is to mention as many local names as possible, in the hope that the families of those mentioned will buy cop......more

Goodreads review by Stu on October 20, 2024

An exceptionally well put together book with 3 sub plots all linked by a common thread. You feel like you really get to know the main characters and root for them to succeed. Some of the achievements here are so amazing you would think this was a work of fiction. Equally some of the outcomes are gen......more

Goodreads review by Book-Social on March 21, 2023

Band of Brothers just happens to be my most favourite TV series ever. So when I saw a non fiction book by Damien Lewis about a parachute squad referred to as Band of Brothers I had to buy the book. Turns out this Damien Lewis is not the actor who starred in the series but a military historian, one w......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on February 01, 2025

good telling of a bad story. the UK needs to shed more light on its handling and protection of Nazis after the war.......more